But we do want to make sure everyone knows about comet ISON, which as NBC News says is headed for a "Thanksgiving Day rendezvous with the sun." If it manages to hold itself together after that, ISON "could reappear in the dawn sky in early December as a potentially spectacular naked-eye object for skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere," NBC adds.

Space nuts are excited.

According to SPACE.com, a recent brightening by ISON has "experienced comet watchers ... growing more confident that the comet has a chance to be ranked among one of the brightest in the last half century. ... In fact, at its very brightest Comet ISON may even become briefly visible in broad daylight!"

By the way, how did the comet get its name? NASA says it "was discovered in September 2012 by Russian astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok using data from the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON)."

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